The 2006 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Roger Hughes and played their home games at Princeton Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton shared the Ivy League championship. The 2006 season was Princeton's first nine-win season since the 1964 season.
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 18 |
| Record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Princeton Stadium |
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| No. 18 Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Lehigh* | W 14–10 | 8,667 | [1] | ||
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | W 26–14 | 8,291 | |||
| September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | at Columbia | W 19–6 | 8,845 | [2] | ||
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | W 27–26 | 4,220 | [3] | ||
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Brown | No. 24 |
| W 17–3 | 10,136 | [4] |
| October 21 | Noon | Harvard | No. 22 |
| W 31–28 | 16,284 | [5] |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 18 | L 7–14 | 2,852 | [6] | |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Penn | No. 23 |
| W 31–30 | 14,385 | [7] |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | No. 21 | W 34–31 | 43,406 | [8] | |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Dartmouth | No. 18 |
| W 27–17 | 12,004 | [9] |
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References
edit- ^ Groller, Keith (September 17, 2006). "Mistake-Prone Hawks Succumb to Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Open Ivy Slate with Win". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 1, 2006. p. I6 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Princeton 19, Columbia 6". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. October 1, 2006. p. H10.
- ^ "Princeton 27, Colgate 20". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 8, 2006. p. H6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Perfect Tigers (5-0) Turn Back Brown". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. October 14, 2006. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Denman, Elliott (October 22, 2006). "Princeton Knocks Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Feaver, Christopher (October 30, 2006). "Cornell Pulls Off Upset of Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 5, 2006). "Penn Loses Again in OT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Terrell's Passing Leads Princeton". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 12, 2006. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Princeton Earns Share of Ivy Crown with Win". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. November 19, 2006. p. H12 – via Newspapers.com.
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